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Portable Balcony.

No. 223,638. Patented Jan. 20, 1830..

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HENRY H. DE WOLF, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

PORTABLE BALCONY.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 223,638, dated January 20, 1880.

Application med August 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY H. DE WOLF, ot Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, have invented Va new and useful Ilnprovement in Balconies for Houses, wherein they are made portable, and may be, if desired, combined with an awning, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a front View of my balcony, with awning over it, attached to the sill of the window of a house. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical. transverse section. Fig. 5 is a plan. Figs. 4 and 6 show details.

The rods G pass through the corners of the railing or balustrade K, andare secured by nuts at the lower end.

Attached to the front lower rail of the balustrade are two pintles, B, which interlock with the ends of the clamps A A, and these clamps (shown in Fig. 3)*extendacross the balcony-Hoor, and pass up and over the window-sill, clutching the inner edge of it, as shown at A', Fig. 3. These clamps constitute the main support of the balcony, and will alone sustain it; but for greater security I attach two braces to cross-bars on the under side of the balcony-licor, as shown in E E, Fig. 1. These braces rest on the water-table of the house, as shown in Fig. 2. I adjust these bracesby means of a ratchet, O, in the crossbar D, as shown in Fig. 4.

If the balcony is used upon an upper-story window, the braces E can be so` arranged as to rest upon the cap of the Window below.

E', Fig. 6, is a pivot in the end of the brace E, which holds it in the ratchet-case, in which it'moves easily without falling out. l

Fig. 5 shows the frame-work of the bottom of the balcony, which, in use, is covered with a wooden or some suitable tloor, and either attached to this frame-work or to the iioor when laid upon it.

I employ two buttons, J, which, when turned toward the window, press with their ends firmly against the sill, and thus push out the balcony from the window While the clamps are drawing it ina contrary direction, insuring the steadiuess of the structure.

H, Fig. 2, is a rod, the lower end of which interlocks with a staple, H', attached to the side ofthe balustrade-rail, and its upper end hooks into a staple attached to the building. These are used to make the balcony more secure.

The awningcover L is supported by the four rods G G F F, the two latter being connected across by another rod or har for convenience of fastening the rear or upper edge of the awning. These rods G G F F run clear through the four corners ot' the framework of the balcony and hold it together.

The clamps A are held firmly to the framework or floor ofthe balcony by buttons M, which, when turned aside., will allow the clamps to be removed, and the blinds and window may be shut..

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is y,

1. In a portable balcony, the rods G G F F, sustaining the awningframe, in combination with the balcony-frame, the braces E E, the rodH, and the clamps A A, as shown and set f forth.

2. The rods G G F F, sustaining the awning-frame, in combination wii the balconyframe and clamps A A, as set forth.

3. The rods G G F F, in combination with the balconyframe, the clamps A,n A, and braces E E, substantially as described.`

4.. In a portable balcony, the rods G GF F, the clamps A A, braces E E, and the rodH, in combination with the buttons J, pintles B, and ratchet C, for the purposes aforesaid.

5. In a portable balcony supported bythe clamps A A and braces E E, the combination of such supports with the railing or balustrade, the balcony-frame, and `the `cover or awning L, when the latter is `supported by the upright rods G G F F, for the purposes set forth.

6. The awning-cover L, in combination with the rods G G F F, the balustrade K, the clamps A A, buttons M, pintle B, buttons J, braces 

